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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Improved memory management? (10.11)
Date: 12 Oct 2015 02:38:04 GMT
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On 2015-10-11, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2015-10-11 17:47, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2015-10-11, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>>> On 2015-10-11 17:01, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>>> On 2015-10-11, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>>>>> On 2015-10-11 16:21, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>>>>> On 2015-10-11, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2015-10-11 15:51, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2015-10-11, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 2. As I've mentioned in the past I've operated OS X with both swap and
>>>>>>>>> compression disabled to no ill effect.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What effects were there?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The system worked fine, which is an acceptable effect.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Was the system working fine before you disabled swap and compression?
>>>>>
>>>>> Yep.
>>>>
>>>> I was under the impression there was a measurable improvement.
>>>
>>> There's an observable improvement: no swaps occur.
>>
>> No, that's an effect with no apparent improvement in processing speed or
>> efficiency.
>
> A swap on my system is a hard disk write.  That takes time.  Whereas not 
> swapping takes 0 time.  Measurable?  I suppose it can be done but I 
> don't have the hooks into the OS to do it.

If you have to hook the OS to measure it, then there was no apparent
improvement. Seems like a complete waste of time to me, but whatever
floats your boat. Personally, I have way better things to do than
babysit a computer that exhibits no symptoms of a problem.

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